The Siege of Mainz on October 22, 1792 (1793)
In October 1792, the French laid siege to and conquered the city of Mainz. The image below shows a few solitary figures watching the fiery scene from a safe distance. Aquatint by Johann Friedrich....

Erecting a Liberty Pole in Speyer (1798)
In the fall of 1792, French occupied portions of the German Rhineland, including the cities of Mainz and Speyer, where pro-French Jacobin clubs built and erected “liberty poles” to signal the political....